Like any large institution, WRAMC had its challenges. Personnel requirements to support both the clinical and academic missions were often beyond available resources, necessitating a “jack-of-all-trades” approach by federal practitioners and long ...

“The prayer that has been mine for 20 or more years, that I might be permitted in some way or sometime to do something to alleviate human suffering, has been answered!” – Walter Reed (1851-1902)

This quote was from a letter Walter Reed wrote from Columbia Barracks, Quenados, Cuba, to his wife and daughter during the last few minutes of the 19^th century, 11:50 p.m., December 31, 1900.¹